Xiaoting is 28 weeks pregnant, and recently complained that she will never have a second child in the future, because she cannot afford to have children. She calculated an account for me, saying that from the first trimester to the second trimester, the health care products alone have eaten more than 10,000 yuan, if they are born, they will almost have to pay 10,000 yuan, and they are pregnant with "poor"...
In fact, after listening to what she said, I was not surprised at all, because of the progress of society, there are more and more pregnant women's nutritional products on the market, the brands are different, and the prices are different.
During pregnancy, expectant mothers are also more sensitive, listening to the wind is rain, for example, hearing people say that supplementing DHA, the child is smart after birth, so they desperately buy it to supplement; hearing that this imported health care product is good, they entrust people to buy it to eat; listen to others say what kind of nutritional products the child has good resistance, go to the pharmacy to buy it and eat... In short, as long as you hear that eating a certain health care product is good for the baby's body and brain development, you will buy it to eat.
Are pregnant health products and nutritional products on the market really necessary to eat? I would like to say that when you eat it in your mouth, pregnant mothers must be cautious!
The most popular DHA during pregnancy, does the expectant mother need additional supplements?
DHA, known as "brain gold", is an important component of the brain and retina, with a content of up to 20% in the human cerebral cortex and the largest proportion in the retina of the eye, accounting for about 50%. So we can be sure that it is extremely important for the development of the fetus's intelligence and vision.
In order to make the fetus surpass others in the belly, pregnant mothers generally supplement from the second trimester, that is, 20-24 weeks of pregnancy, by taking DHA tablets. However, I would like to tell you that if pregnant mothers do not have special circumstances, they do not need to supplement with DHA.
Normal ordinary people (non-pregnant women) only need to consume about 100mg of DHA per day to meet the needs of the body, while after pregnancy needs to increase to about 200-300mg. But even so, it does not mean that pregnant mothers should immediately start taking DHA nutrition products, because this little bit of DHA can be completely ingested through food.
Most of the current mainstream guidelines do not recommend that pregnant mothers supplement with additional DHA, and should first be through dietary supplements.
After pregnancy, the mother-to-be's diet will be improved, like fish, shrimp, seafood, etc. Basically every day, and these foods are rich in DHA, so if the mother-to-be's diet is normal, there is no need to supplement or increase DHA supplements. Conversely, if your diet is not normal, you need to choose the right supplement under the guidance of a doctor.
There are only three nutrients that expectant mothers really need to supplement during pregnancy!
1. Folic acid
Preparing for pregnancy and what health care drugs need to be supplemented during pregnancy, folic acid is a choice that almost every woman knows.
Folic acid, a water-soluble vitamin, because it was originally extracted from spinach, so it is called folic acid, it is an indispensable nutrient for fetal growth and development, once pregnant women lack folic acid, it may lead to fetal malformations, so expectant mothers during pregnancy must supplement folic acid on time and in quantity.
Tips:
Folic acid should be taken from the first 3 months of pregnancy to the 3 months of pregnancy, and some even the entire pregnancy is taken, depending on the doctor's arrangement;
The amount of folic acid taken during pregnancy should not exceed 1000 micrograms, and taking too much will affect the development of the fetus;
Folic acid foot distributed free of charge by the state can meet the needs of pregnancy;
Folic acid should not be supplemented, because natural folic acid is difficult to preserve, and the small content cannot prevent fetal neural tube malformations.
2. Calcium
Calcium is one of the most interesting nutrients during pregnancy. Pregnant mothers who lack calcium will have leg cramps, and calcium deficiency is not good for the development of the fetus, calcium can promote the growth of bones and teeth of the fetus.
Because expectant mothers need to continuously provide calcium to the fetus through the placenta, their own calcium will be lost in large quantities, so they need to supplement calcium immediately. Although calcium can be supplemented by food, the effect is not so obvious, so most pregnant mothers need to rely on calcium or calcium tablets to supplement.
In the first trimester (0-13 weeks), expectant mothers need 800 mg of calcium; after 14 weeks, it needs to increase to 1000 mg per day.
At the same time, it is also necessary to go outdoors to bask in the sun to supplement vitamin D to promote calcium absorption;
Bone broth is not calcium, but fat, so it is better to drink soup than to eat meat;
Milk is the best source of calcium supplementation;
Calcium supplementation is a long way, so we must adhere to it, put an end to three days of fishing, two days of drying nets;
Calcium supplementation is wrong and greedy, which is harmful to physical health.
Iii. Iron
According to the recent data of clinical epidemiology in China, the incidence of anemia during pregnancy in China is about 10%-30%, and the proportion of iron deficiency during pregnancy is 50%-60%. Because of the richness of the current diet, normal people do not need additional iron supplementation, but because of the particularity of pregnant women, most pregnant mothers need to rely on iron tablets or iron supplements to provide for physical needs.
Pregnant mothers with iron deficiency are prone to dizziness, dizziness, weakness, dismal face, lack of concentration, and memory loss... It will directly affect the health and mental condition of pregnant women and fetuses, so it must be paid attention to.
The old man said that iron supplementation "medicine is not as good as food supplement", like pig liver, pig blood, chicken blood, etc. can supplement iron, but the consequence of your desperate eating is that the iron content is enough, but the protein and calories are overdone, and it is really not worth the loss, so food supplement is not the best choice. The most appropriate approach is to supplement with beneficial and harmless iron or iron tablets.
Iron is not greedy;
Blackening during iron supplementation is normal, and expectant mothers do not need to worry, and they will disappear immediately after stopping the drug.
Pregnant women need a lot of nutrients, but most of them can be ingested through diet, only the above three, pregnancy must be supplemented, so we must pay attention to. However, no matter what kind of nutritional supplement the pregnant mother supplements, the suitable one is the best, do not listen to others, so as not to hurt themselves and the fetus.
Pay attention to the "Xin MaMa Parenting Sutra", if you have any questions about mother and baby parenting, you can consult me!